Harm

Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy 8 (3):1-32 (2015)
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In recent years, philosophers have proposed a variety of accounts of the nature of harm. In this paper, I consider several of these accounts and argue that they are unsuccessful. I then make a modest case for a different view.

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10.26556/jesp.v8i3.84

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